Epidemiology and Investigation of Melioidosis, Southern Arizona

Burkholderia pseudomallei is a bacterium endemic to Southeast Asia and northern Australia, but it has not been found to occur endemically in the United States. We report an ostensibly autochthonous case of melioidosis in the United States. Despite an extensive investigation, the source of exposure w...

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Autores principales: Stewart, Tasha, Engelthaler, David M., Blaney, David D., Tuanyok, Apichai, Wangsness, Eric, Smith, Theresa L., Pearson, Talima, Komatsu, Kenneth K., Keim, Paul, Currie, Bart J., Levy, Craig, Sunenshine, Rebecca
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3381374/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21762589
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1707.100661
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author Stewart, Tasha
Engelthaler, David M.
Blaney, David D.
Tuanyok, Apichai
Wangsness, Eric
Smith, Theresa L.
Pearson, Talima
Komatsu, Kenneth K.
Keim, Paul
Currie, Bart J.
Levy, Craig
Sunenshine, Rebecca
author_facet Stewart, Tasha
Engelthaler, David M.
Blaney, David D.
Tuanyok, Apichai
Wangsness, Eric
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Pearson, Talima
Komatsu, Kenneth K.
Keim, Paul
Currie, Bart J.
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Sunenshine, Rebecca
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description Burkholderia pseudomallei is a bacterium endemic to Southeast Asia and northern Australia, but it has not been found to occur endemically in the United States. We report an ostensibly autochthonous case of melioidosis in the United States. Despite an extensive investigation, the source of exposure was not identified.
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spelling pubmed-33813742012-06-28 Epidemiology and Investigation of Melioidosis, Southern Arizona Stewart, Tasha Engelthaler, David M. Blaney, David D. Tuanyok, Apichai Wangsness, Eric Smith, Theresa L. Pearson, Talima Komatsu, Kenneth K. Keim, Paul Currie, Bart J. Levy, Craig Sunenshine, Rebecca Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch Burkholderia pseudomallei is a bacterium endemic to Southeast Asia and northern Australia, but it has not been found to occur endemically in the United States. We report an ostensibly autochthonous case of melioidosis in the United States. Despite an extensive investigation, the source of exposure was not identified. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2011-07 /pmc/articles/PMC3381374/ /pubmed/21762589 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1707.100661 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Stewart, Tasha
Engelthaler, David M.
Blaney, David D.
Tuanyok, Apichai
Wangsness, Eric
Smith, Theresa L.
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Komatsu, Kenneth K.
Keim, Paul
Currie, Bart J.
Levy, Craig
Sunenshine, Rebecca
Epidemiology and Investigation of Melioidosis, Southern Arizona
title Epidemiology and Investigation of Melioidosis, Southern Arizona
title_full Epidemiology and Investigation of Melioidosis, Southern Arizona
title_fullStr Epidemiology and Investigation of Melioidosis, Southern Arizona
title_full_unstemmed Epidemiology and Investigation of Melioidosis, Southern Arizona
title_short Epidemiology and Investigation of Melioidosis, Southern Arizona
title_sort epidemiology and investigation of melioidosis, southern arizona
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